I think part of it is also the purism of the outdoor community in the US. In the Dolomites you can climb an "alpine" route with anchors made out of giant rings

I think part of it is also the purism of the outdoor community in the US. In the Dolomites you can climb an "alpine" route with anchors made out of giant rings held by a bunch of cement, then have a beer and steak at the hut and take a lift halfway down. In Chamonix you can take a cable car to 3.5km elevation and the crux of your day might be walking down to the climb dizzy from sudden change of elevation. I've no idea who owns all that stuff but if there was a 100% government run attempt to do it in the US the outdoor community would have an apoplectic fit. In US the best exemplification of the attitude is when in WA rangers chopped rappel anchors in the middle of nowhere so someone could die on a sketchy natural descent because hey it is totally possible without bolts. Keep wild wild or whatever. I personally think the only reason not to put a Starbucks on top of Rainier is that the water boils too slowly up there.